The Boys and Girls Club of Metro Atlanta held a program recently to help teens launch construction careers at a time when the booming industry faces staff shortages.
More than 15 students gathered in DPR Construction’s Atlanta office to shadow the company’s executives. They learned about both office and labor positions, as well as other skills, such as interview tips.
The program comes at a time when surveys show that construction companies in Georgia are overwhelmingly looking to increase their headcount but struggle to recruit qualified workers to the industry. And they believe the hiring process will only become more challenging.
This marks DPR’s latest initiative to help students. DPR also hosted Booker T. Washington High School senior Montavious Griffin as an intern at an $80 million office tower project, Anthem Tower in Midtown Atlanta. Montavious dreams of becoming an architect, and his internship taught him about pre-construction, construction management and marketing.
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